The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-20
LOCAL BRIEFS.

PETER ARMSTRONG and Joseph Mooney
were fined 50 each in the Police Court
yesterday, for drunkenness.
The REMAINS of the late Postmaster
Browe will be taken from the residence
on Fifth South Street TO the D. e.. 4. G.
depot, at 8 o'clock this morning, for
transportation east.
The CONDITION of Mrs Captain
Hooper was unchanged al an early hour
this morning from what it was yesterday
morning. The lady was said by her
physician, DR.. Benedict, 10 be in criti-
cal state then.
ONE OF the Grant Brothers was driving
about the city yesterday fine blue
team of their Cache Valley hors&. The
pair were brothers, years old, seven
teen hands high, well matched, sleek,
graceful and spirited.
IT WAS understood Yesterday, that
Col. Benteen had been found guilty by
the court martial, as charged, but IL was
also SAID that q unanimous request for
leniency in MS case had been signed By
the members of the court.
THE JURY in the case OF Maria Evans
VS.. the Sanpete Railroad Company, af-
ter being out all OF Friday night, failed
to agree and we're discharged. 1t was
said that two stuck out for a $500 YER
diet, one for 5000 and one for 81 300.
THE RUMoR, which gained credence
yesterday, TO the effect that negotiations
were pending. looking to the disposal OF
the Old Fort block tor a railroad depot,
is without foundation. The mayor mas
heard no mention of the talked of trans
Ter.
MORGAN DAVIS, one OF the plas' erers
who has been working on the Manti
temple, has returned home. having fin
ished the plastering IN that edifce.
There are portions, though, of the car
penter work and painting yet untin-
ished.
THE SUDDEN death of three-year-old
boy OF j. b. Ridges, of the Nineteenth
War on Friday, has Cast a pal OF
gloom over that nelghborhooG. Tue
little one will be buried from the family
residence to-day, at O'Clock. FRIENDS
are invited to attend.
The NATIONALS have been making i'm
provements on the baseball ground on
Washington Square, and il is their in
tention To invite the Mill Greek nine to
play them a friendly game this week.
rhe kids" are ready and willing 70
play any team in the city or Territory.
A RUMoR of an accident on the D. &
r. G. railway was circulated about
town yesterday. Inquiry developed the
fact that nothing of a serious nature had
happened. The engine used on the ex-
ira train had run Off the Y at Spring
vile; NOBODY was hurt, and nothing
was damaged.
LEVI VAUGHAN, chicken thief, was
up before Judge Piper. charged with
appropriating nine fowls belonging to
parties in the Seventh Ward. On being
asked what be did with so many chick
ems, he inadvertently replied: Il sold
twelve OF 'em to one party" He was
only charged with1nine.
The TWO children of Mrs. Dickmap.
Nineteenth Ward, afflicted with diphth-
eria, spoken of in THE HERALD, had so
far recovered yesterday morning that
the flag was about to be taken down
when DR.. Clinton was informed that an
older girl had been taken down with the
dread disease on Friday night.
In THE Office of Watermaster
Winder, yesterday, were a number of
muskrat skins, fer which premium of
10 cents each had been paid to bows for.
Inquiry as to the accumulation elected
the inform alton that in the neighbor-
hood of l 200 of the animals had been
xii ed on the canal banAs during the
past twelve months. The damage done
to the waterways banks by these pests
has been very great and the induce
ment for boys to capture or kill them
has been instrumental in Riding the
county of vast numbers Of them.
SALT LAKE Temple of Honor will give
another public temperance meeting in
Temple of Honor Hall over Deseret Ma
tlOnai Bank, on Wednesday evening,
March 23d. at 7.30 p. M. Comic and
sentimental songs, Rotations, extern
pore speeches, and guitar and banjo solos
will De given during the evening. Prof.
Held's cornet bsnd will be In attend
ancs and will perform the following
pieces: Quarteite, Morning Song,
r. Aot, two comets ,Islto and baritone
selection. Belle of the Village." fUll
nanr; cornet solo. "Genevieve, Suer,
Prof. Held. The public are cordially III
Yi'ed. No charges; no collection.